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EXHIBITIONS 2019 JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ the leading Russian designer Moscow-based and ranked among top 50 global producers and manufacturer of wide variety state-of-the-art military and of military equipment by SIPRI chart, JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ The largest world special equipment, including but not limited to land systems, small is legally authorized since November 2016 to provide full spectrum arms, air close and short range defense systems, is now opening of maintenance and overhaul, modernization and upgrade works defensive exhibitions new business opportunities for partners. and services worldwide. in which the enterprises of High-Precision Weapons Holding participate in 2019 Global success IDEX-2019 Russian High-Precision Weapons Holding February 17–21 In February of this year, the High- United Arab Emirates Precision Weapons Holding (a part of the Rostec Corporation) was celebrated the 10th anniversary of its work on the LIMA-2019 global market. Years by years Holding plays an increasingly important role on March 26–30 the world arms market. The holding is Malaysia the Russian largest developer and man- ufacturer of the most modern and innova- MILEX-2019 tive high-precision weapons. The impor- tance and potential of the Russian hold- May 15–18 ing increase worldwide as well: On a scale of the top 100 weapons manufacturers Belarus in the world, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) rates the SITDEF-2019 ‘High-Precision Weapons Holding’ from Russia at 39. May 16–19 Peru lso every year Holding is increasing deliveries both to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and to ARMY-2019 the foreign market. According to an ASIPRI expert, ‘the Russian companies ride the June 25–30 ground-swell of boosts in military spending Russia and arms export. Eleven companies from the top 100 list are Russian ones. Their income IMDS-2019 has increased by a total of 48.4%’. It also can The products of the holding’s companies The holding is constantly expanding the geog- be noted that the ‘High-Precision Weapons are well known on all continents and much raphy of its exports. This is due to product line July 10–14 Holding’ belongs to the top 10 world’s defen- sought after on international arms markets. extension, development of new models and sive rankings by an overall production and Interest in the products of the ‘High-Precision upgrade of products in demand as well as well Russia supply increase rate. Weapons Holding’ grows due to the objective thought-out service policy. The High-Precision Weapons Holding was situation. The holding invests much into the devel- MAKS-2019 founded in 2009. The holding consists of a The exports of the holding are based on opment of promising designs of weapons and number of largest leading defense enterprises warfare systems well known on the inter- military equipment, enhances and augments 27 August – 01 September that are well known on the world arms market. national market such as Pantsir-S1, Palma, its development and production potential, Russia It is sufficient only to mention such brands as Kornet-E/EM, Konkurs, Metis-M1, Igla-S, and invests in the development of models of the Shipunov KBP Instrument Design Bureau, Arkan, Verba, Shmel, Kapustnik, and others tomorrow. the Tula Arms Plant, The Tulatochmash, the as well as on training systems, armored vehi- It is evident that the demand for high-preci- INTERPOLITEX-2019 Nudelman Precision Engineering Design cles upgrade, and so on. sion weapons only increases around the world. Bureau, the Kovrov Electromechanical Plant, The holding’s products are well known They do not miss. They are mobile, fast, mainte- October 22–25 the V.A.Degtyaryov Plant, the VNII ‘Signal’ and much sought after on the markets in the nance-friendly, reliable, and the most modern. Russia and others. Most of them are national and Middle East, the Gulf, Northern Africa, Latin international leaders in their segments. America, India, Central and Southern Africa. (See page 2) 2 High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 Special edition for Middle East IDEX-2019

BRIEFLY RECORD LEVELS IN 2018 Global success On November last year, Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation), cel- ebrated the 18th anniversary of its found- Russian High-Precision Weapons Holding ing. The Company was established in 2000 by decree of the President of the Russian and to supply the Russian Army with the most weapon to the world market, where it enjoys Federation. modern and the most reliable high-precision consistent success. ‘For 18 years, Rosoboronexport has weapons. Within the scope of the contract, Middle East states are always been and become a world leader in the supply of the holding regularly transmits to the Russian remains the most important strategic part- weapons and military equipment and Ministry of Defense the corresponding quanti- ner of the High-Precision Weapons Holding. reached record levels. Today, Russia assur- ty of planned weapons. Due to the holding, the The participation of the holding’s enterprises edly ranks second in the world in terms of Russian Army is armed with the best weapons in IDEX-2019 is an important stage of friend- the scope of military-technical coopera- in the world. At the same time, it is important ly and mutually beneficial cooperation in tion. The Company’s order book stands well that the holding itself also supplies the same defence area. above $50 billion, while the total value of deliveries has exceeded $150 billion over the years. We continuously improve and offer foreign customers more and more new models of military equipment, often (See page 1) the best in the world in performance and competitive in terms of price and quality. The newest technological solutions are used. More than 200 Rosoboronexport employees 20 years ago, the proportion of high-precision have been awarded state and departmental weapons used in local conflicts amounted to up awards for their great contribution to the to 7%. In recent years, this share has increased development of military-technical cooper- by up to 90-95%. The most designs of the ‘High- ation with foreign countries,’ said Rostec’s Precision Weapons Holding’ are the best in the Director General Sergey Chemezov. world and determine the technological vectors In 2018, the Company was actively of development in their segments. engaged in efforts to promote and exhibit There is no doubt that the main task of their products. Rosoboronexport took part the ‘High-Precision Weapons Holding’ is to in 24 international exhibitions and forums. strengthen the defense capability of Russia The Eurasian Air Show in Antalya, Turkey, the International Far Eastern Maritime Show in Vladivostok, ADAS 2018 in the Philippines and EDEX 2018 in Egypt were debut exhibitions for the Company. Khrizantema-S ‘Despite unprecedented competition, Rosoboronexport continues to strength- en its position in the global market. Just The Best All-Weather Antitank Missile System recently, we signed the biggest-ever con- tract in company history to supply India Anti-tank missile system ‘Khrizantema-S’ can change the tactics trol and guidance channel cou- ATGW self-propelled system was with the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft mis- of armored warfare: a small group of combat vehicles anti-tank pled with a daytime optical sight. introduction of an automated bat- sile systems. In 2018, we delivered weap- systems have the power to change the outcome of the battle. The upgraded version replaced tlefield management equipment ons and military equipment to more than Only three cars are able to conduct actions against 14 tanks and the daytime sight with a more set (ABMES) for antitank forces. 40 countries of the world. At the same time, damage a minimum of 60 percent of the equipment. This missile advanced imaging infrared and Thus upgraded 9P157 combat over 1,100 contract documents worth about system can also fight with low-speed air targets, helicopters and television (IIR/TV) sight featuring vehicle is provided with advanced $19 billion were signed, almost a quar- aircraft. Russian ‘Khrizantema-S’ is the most powerful anti-tank enhanced capabilities in terms of communications means, a com- ter more in the whole last year. That sta- missile system of distant action that the world has ever known. target detection and recognition bined — inertial and satellite- tistics suggest that the quality of Russian ranges. The new sight ensures based — navigation and orien- weapons and their proven performance hrizantema-S’ is tation system, a terminal for are a determining factor for our partners,’ designed to provide receiving targeting data from said Rosoboronexport’s Director General a very important the battery commander's vehi- Alexander Mikheev. combat missions. cle, their automatic processing, Rosoboronexport has expanded its ‘KDestruction of fielded and future displaying tactical data on a digi- catalog of military products over the year main battle tanks, including those tal map, receiving combat orders and is actively promoting a number of new protected with explosive reactive and instructions. The ABMES was pieces of military hardware on the world armour (ERA), small-displacement developed by AO NTTS Rubin JSC arms market, including the Buk-M3 Viking surface vessels, low-flying aerial (city of Penza). and Tor-E2 SAM systems, the Sprut-SDM1 targets, fortifications, manpower The upgrading of the 9P157 light amphibious tank, the ships Karakurt under cover and in the open in the combat vehicle entailed develop- and Sarsar, Il-78MK-90A tanker aircraft, day- and night-time, under easy ment of a new test equipment for and Il-76MD-90A(E) military transport and difficult weather conditions, the IIR/TV sight (developed and aircraft. in the presence of dust and smoke. manufactured by OAO Peleng The ‘Khrizantema-S’ ATGW JSC), a modified 1L32 radar con- self-propelled system fielded trol system (manufactured by PAO by the Russian Army since 2005 out from 2014 to improve perfor- system operation in the night NPO Strela public company, city remains the only weapon system mance of the system by enabling and in low light-level conditions. of Tula); modification of 9M123 of this category in the world capa- it to detect and recognize threats The IIR/TV sight comes complete and 9M123F missiles (manufac- ble of defeating main battle tanks (including non-radiocontrast with a laser range finder to ensure tured by FGUP FNPTS PO Start) and other armoured combat vehi- ones) and guide missiles in this high precision at target ranging in terms of replacement of the cles when the threat is not opti- environment as well as with the and automatic missile's trajecto- former Ukrainian photodetector cally seen. No company in the purpose of integrating the com- ry profiling. To increase the level and installation of a more pow- world was able to implement an bat vehicle within the framework of stealthiness in use of the laser erful warhead in the 9M123 mis- mm-wave radar detection and of an automated battlefield man- beam-riding channel, the control sile, the 9V981 test equipment for homing system controlling and agement system for antitank forc- system initially forces the mis- 9P157 CV checks, the 9V945 test guiding the missile through any es. AO NPK KBM was nominated sile's trajectory above line of sight equipment (developed and manu- battlefield obscurants be it dust, the main contractor for the work. and descends the missile to the factured by Kalashnikov concern, smoke, haze, rain or snow. In addition to the radar chan- line of sight just near the target. city of Izhevsk) and 9F852 simu- The developmental work nel, the initially fielded combat Yet another essencial novel- lator (developed and manufac- according to Russia's MoD design vehicle was outfitted with the ty intended to improve combat tured by AO TSKBA, city of Tula) specifications had been carried second, laser-beam riding, con- efficiency of the ‘Khrizantema-S’ for training CV operators.

The newspaper is registered in the Director General The newspaper is prepared entering into High-Precision Phone: Federal Service for Supervision Valeriy Stolnikov with participation ‘Industrial Weapons Holding +7 (495) 981-9277 / 778-1447 of Communications, Information Weekly’ newspaper At a reprint the link to the Fax: Editor-in-chief Technology, and Mass Media Design and imposition: newspaper is obligatory. +7 (495) 981-9278 / 729-3977 Irina Galkina ‘HIGH-PRECISION WEAPONS ‘United Industrial Edition’ Extends free of charge NEWSPAPER’ Sertificate PI No. FS 77-74741, Managing directors By preparation of the ‘High- Circulation: 5000 pieces www.promweekly.ru registration date 11.01.2019 of the project: precision weapons newspaper’ Editorial address: www.npovk.ru № 01 (01) 2019 Natella Nikulina, are used the materials of Malaya Gruzinskaya street, 39 [email protected] Special edition for Middle East Publishers RGPE LLC Tatiana Valeeva press-services of the ­enterprises 123557, Moscow, Russian Federation [email protected] Special edition for Middle East High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 3 IDEX-2019 Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod Vehicle of Three Anti-tank guided missile 9mm Special Sniper Rifle VSS 9M113M The 9mm Special sniper rifle VSS (index 6P29- 1) is an automatic firearm, its automatic oper- ation is based on the work of the energy of Elements: Land, powder gases which leak out of the barrel bore to the gas chamber, barrel bore locking is pro- vided with the bolt turning round its longi- tudinal axis at 6 locking lugs. The rifle VSS Water and Air is designed to shoot a special 9-mm sniper cartridge (SP5) and is intended for a noise- less shooting at a distance of 400 m. The main type of assault rifle shooting is automatic. A The guided missile is a part of the anti- cartridge feeding is provided out of a detach- tank missile complex Konkurs-M 9K111M4 able double-column sector magazine with the which is intended to engage modern vehicles cartridges located in a chess-board order. The equipped with the mounted reactive armor, magazines are interchangeable. The rifle is fortified fire emplacements, both moving equipped with a sniper optical sight. or stationary surface and afloat targets, low flying helicopters at any time and weather 9mm small-size assault rifle AM conditions. The 9M113M missile is launched from a portable launching unit 9P135M-1. Main technical characteristics of the guided Kurganmashzavod PJSC will present the and range finding channels and a laser mis- missile are indicated in the table. upgraded 125-mm 2S25 self-propelled sile guidance channel; gunner’s back-up sight antitank gun (SPATG 2S25M) designed and with a TV channel; automatic target tracker; 9mm special assault rifle AS manufactured by Volgograd Machinery ballistic computer; commander’s and gunner- Building Company VgTZ LLC. operator’s automated workstations. Also, to combat manpower and low-flying helicopters, he SPATG is a tracked armored installed on the vehicle’s turret is a remote amphibious fighting vehicle with a machine gun mount, enabling the command- The 9mm small-size assault rifle AM (index powerful artillery and missile weap- er to conduct fire by 360 degrees around him, SR3) is an automatic firearm, its automatic ons system. The vehicle can make without leaving the workstation. operation is based on the work of the ener- Tmarches over a distance of 500 kilometers with- The increased mobility in the upgraded gy of powder gases, which leak out of the bar- out refueling, it can be transported by military version is achieved by borrowing the engine, rel bore to the gas chamber, barrel bore lock- transport aircraft and by landing ships, be air- transmission, units of track-and-suspension ing is provided with the bolt turning round landed and paradropped and with the crew system, chassis information and control sys- its longitudinal axis at 6 locking lugs. The inside the vehicle. tem from the BMD-4M and BMP-3 vehicles. assault rifle AM is designed to shoot a spe- With its high power-to-weight ratio, the Improvement of performance of the crew life cial 9-mm cartridge (SP6) and is intended to 2S25M can conduct combat operations in support system and functioning in the inde- engage the enemy manpower wearing frag- conditions of highlands or mountains and hot pendent mode is provided by the heater and The 9mm assault rifle AS (index 6P30) is an mentation bulletproof vests as well as the tropical climate against highly armored vehi- diesel generator plant. automatic firearm, its automatic operation non-armored vehicles at a distance of 200 m. cles, fortified strong points, and enemy troops, The firepower of the 2S25M self-pro- is based on the work of the energy of pow- The design features of the assault rifle are: a it can cross water barriers without prepara- pelled antitank gun is on a par with that of der gases, which leak out of the barrel bore to magazine quick ‘ejection’ mechanism; a metal tion at sea state 3 with the delivery of gun fire the T-80 and T-90 main battle tanks and its the gas chamber, barrel bore locking is pro- folding buttstock reduces the overall dimen- when afloat. The installation of highway shoes mobility on land and in water is on a par vided with the bolt turning round its longi- sions during carrying and allows to deliver or snow-riding tracks will expand the vehicle with that of the BMD-4M airborne assault tudinal axis at 6 locking lugs. The assault aimed fire with a folded or non-folded stock; capabilities. vehicle and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle. rifle AS is designed to use a special 9-mm secret carrying is allowed due to the absence of In the 2S25M SPATG is implemented the These and other qualities, together with the cartridge (SP6). It is intended for a noiseless projections on the assault rifle surface; assault increase in firepower. This is ensured by the turret revolution and armament stabiliza- and flameless shooting at a distance of 400 rifle dimensions are the same as a submachine installation of a modern digital fire control tion in two planes allow using the SPATG as m. The assault rifle is intended to engage the gun but the firing range and hitting effect of system, including commander’s panoram- a light amphibious tank. There are no ana- enemy manpower protected with fragmenta- the assault rifle are considerably better; the ic sight with optical, thermal-imaging and logues of such a vehicle in the world, and the tion bulletproof vests and the non-armored safety presence assures a safe treatment of range finding channels; gunner-operator’s upgraded version will only once again con- vehicles. the assault rifle. combined sight with optical, thermal-imaging firm this statement. Control of Artillery Fire

Artillery fire control automation is one of must enable fulfilment of next to all artillery vidual standardized equipment sets for offic- the principal business areas of All-Russian unit control tasks. This requirement has special ers, equipment for communication, reconnais- Scientific Research Institute Signal relevance in design of the fire control systems sance, navigation, meteorological and ballis- (VNII Signal, member of High-Precision for fire weapons that are not originally equipped tic support. Weapons Holding, Rostec Corporation). with integrated automation equipment (mortar The portable CAES improves combat per- Application of Automated Fire Control launchers, towed guns, CV MLRS). formance of artillery, mortar and MLRS units Systems (AFCS) for self-propelled artil- VNII Signal extended the AFCS range by through: lery guns (SPAG) and combat vehicles designing a portable CAES to control artillery ••system cost reduction without effect on of multiple launch rocket systems (CV and mortar units. the basic combat characteristics, signifi- MLRS) drastically improves their perfor- The portable control automation equip- cant standardization of equipment sets for mance, time of response and firing accu- ment system for artillery units has been officers; racy. The Mashina-M and Kapustnik-B developed by VNII Signal JSC on the basis of ••use of portable systems to control all kinds Automated Fire Control Systems devel- the Strelets reconnaissance, command, con- of artillery units; oped by the company for artillery units trol and communication system approved for ••compatibility with a wide range of commu- have gained an international reputation. delivery to the Armed Forces of the Russian nication, reconnaissance, navigation, meteor- Federation. As an improvement to the origi- ological and ballistic support equipment, both ealities of the modern world raise a nal system, VNII Signal JSC incorporated its domestically produced and imported; demand for an alternative approach inhouse software and mathware to meet the ••simplified process and shortened time of to the design of Control Automation special application and computing needs of battalion/battery officers basic training; Equipment Systems (CAES) for artil- control of artillery units. ••rapid combat deployment of the equip- Rlery units. There is a need to reduce system Use of such systems will enable automat- ment sets; weight and size, enhance combat flexibility ed control of artillery and mortar units not ••uninterrupted control of the units even if and manoeuvreability of command and control equipped with integrated automation equip- any of control items fails to operate; posts, standardize the systems components, ment. In the meantime, the new systems are ••substantial reduction of time for prepara- simplify and shorten the training period for artil- cost-efficient, low-maintenance and easy to tion and performance of firing tasks; lery unit executives, and to make the systems master (the training time is short). ••simplified maintenance and repair of the substantially more cost-efficient. At the same The portable control automation equip- systems in both stationary and field condi- time, the combat characteristics of such systems ment system for artillery units comprises indi- tions. 4 High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 Special edition for Middle East IDEX-2019 Unified B8YA01 Bakhcha-u combat module for light-weight class combat vehicles

increase the accuracy of the tar- non accuracy with all tip[es of projec- get designation to the gunner by 10 tiles is provided due to original fir- times, providing for accurate target ing algorithm, which optimally takes designation (up to 1 mrad.) not only into account all the factors of fir- in traversal channel, but also in ele- ing: range to the target (either taken vation channel, to completely take by the rangefinder or fed manually), over for the gunner and to engage speed and direction of the combat aerial targets in automatic mode. vehicle and target movement, wind The FCS provides for complete speed, temperature and air pressure, taking over of the firing process charge temperature, deviation of the with all arms by the commander by projectile muzzle velocity from nor- day and at night, including guided mal value, target elevation, roll and weapon using the thermal image of pitch angles, projectile angle of jump. the target, shaped by the IR channel ••Efficient range of firing with of the gunner’s sight, on the com- 30-mm projectile of the autocan- mander’s screen. nons increased from 1100-1400 m ••Autotracker united with the to 1800-2000 m. IR channel of the gunner and TV ••Significant increase of the AD Throughout its history KBP Instrument Design Bureau has been in one module and highly-precise channel of the commander ena- firing efficiency of BMD-4: the kill developing small-arms and gun armament as well as guided weap- two-plane stabilization of the LOS bles to increase the firing efficien- probability of typical helicopter-type ons for Land Forces, Air Forces and Navy. A large scope R&D work was introduced. cy due to high precision (0.05-0.1 and low-flying aircraft-type targets in respect of armament structure and its efficiency has been carried Highly-precise two-plane sta- Russian mils) of aerial and ground increases drastically and approach- out. All that provided for development in 1980-s the unique weapon bilizing system of the head mirror targets tracking, as well as to rule es the value of such specifications system for the new IFV. In 1987 the new BMP-3 IFV was put in ser- enables to detect the target at dis- out the influence of the psycho- of SHORAD ADMS with significant vice with the Soviet Army. Exactly the original armament package tant ranges on the move and to reli- physical state of the operator and decrease of the ammo load spent on of high fire power (2A70 gun-launcher, 2A72 automatic gun and 7.62 ably track the target automatically his skills on the firing results. The the engagement. Thus the AD capa- machine-gun integrated in a single module and an automated fire con- or manually. tracking precision became a tech- bilities of the IFV are added without trol system) developed for BMP-3 by KBP Instrument Design Bureau ••The rangefinding channel of the nical specification not depending aditional expenditures, making the (Tula city ) predetermined popularity of BMP-3 vehicle in the world sight is integrated with the range- on the qualification of the operator IFV a versatile weapon. market and nowadays it is in service with many Armies worldwide. finder in one module enables to and stress conditions in the com- ••The control of the FCS specifi- measure the range to the target with bat environment. Autotracker pro- cations is carried out by means of he significant enhance- non, 7.62-mm PKTM machine-gun frequency 4-5 Hz, which enhances vides for enhancement of accuracy built-in test system. ment power foreseen in installed in one module; the efficiency of engagement land, of target tracking when compared the course of the design ••Unified automated round-the- and, especially, aerial targets. to manual tracking. Armament of BMP-3 combat vehicle clock fire control system integrated ••The 3UBK23-3 round and new Twas implemented by KBP during the with guided weaponry, comprising; 9M117M Arkan GM were designed, development of BAKHCHA-U com- ••Combined day and night gunner’s which, as compared to a standard bat module. sight with independent two-plane round, provided the following: BAKHCHA-U combat module is stabilization of the field of view with – engagement of ERA-protected designed for the engagement sta- visual, IR, range-finding channels targets; tionary and on the move of the and a missile guidance channel; – increase of armour penetration whole range of targets: tanks, light- ••Panoramic commander’s sight from 550 up to 750 mm; ly-armoured vehicles, ATGWs, shel- with independent two-plane stabi- – increase of firing range from tered and unsheltered manpower, lization of the field of view with IR 4000 up to 5500 m. air threats including helicopter- and range-finding channels; The fighting compartment and low-flying aircraft- type targets. ••New weaponry stabilizer with ensures firing from a stationary During the designing of the combat increased aiming speed and accu- position, on the move, afloat, by module R&D work was carried out racy; day and night, killing contemporary in the following critical directions: ••Digital ballistic computer with ERA-equipped tanks. ••enhancement of firing range and system of sensors; ••In order to expand artillery capa- power of guided and unguided pro- ••Control unit; The angle of divergence of the ••In the new weapon stabilizer the bilities of a fighting compartment jectiles; ••TV/IR-autotracker; rangefinding channel has been speed of laying has been increased the new 100 mm HEF round with ••providing efficient operation by ••Electric automatics system; decreased by two times and the inte- and a digital control unit has been enhanced fragmentation action was day and night in adverse weather ••Ammo load: 464 pcs of 30-mm grated design of the unit provided introduced. This has allowed to designed and taken into service with conditions and conditions of smoke APDS, AP tracers, HEF incinerat- for the misalignment value between implement new control algorithms, the Russian army. The new round, as interference; ing projectiles, 2000 pcs of 7,62 mm the optical axes of the rangefinding to increase the accuracy of weap- against a standard shell, provided ••automation of combat operation, rounds, single autoloader for HEF and visual channel not exceeding 0.1 on stabilizing and maximal laying the following: decreasing the exertion of the crew and guided projectiles contains 4 pcs mrad throughout its whole lifespan speed up to 60 degrees/second , to – firing range increase from 4000 in the battle; of 100-mm guided missiles 3UBL23- without the implementation of any provide for optimal operation of tur- up to 7000 m; ••enhancement of detection capa- 3 ‘Arkan’, 34 100-mm HEF rounds adjustment assets, which provides ret and gun laying drives in different – enlarged fragmentation effect bilities of the crew due to modifica- 3UOF19-1 with high-power HEF for accurate rangefinding and jam- modes, adjustment of drives when area up to 360 m2 (by two times) at tion of the surveliance and sighting projectiles of enhanced firing range. ming-proof operation of the range- using on vehicles with different load. impact burst and up to more than system; The new armament system is finder. ••Integrated into the armament 600 m2 – with proximity action; ••providing for efficient repelling the an integrated combat module. The Better specifications of the visu- system of BMD-4 new 1B538M digi- – precision ballistics due to assault of helicopter- and low-flying solution of the set tasks with the al channel and lesser LOS stabiliz- tal ballistic computer automatically increase of muzzle velocity stabil- aircraft- type air threats, as well as implementation of new design solu- ing errors have enhanced the accu- generates accurate firing settings, ity and projectile weight stability: efficient engagement of drones. tions has enabled to create the mod- racy of target tracking, especially of enabling to program and reprogram projectile weight variation is with- ••Providing autonomous com- ule design of the armament system: those moving. almost endless number of ballistics. in one weight zone mark (BMP-3’s bat operation in the whole range the armament can be used as one ••The issue of limited capabilities Significant increase of the autocan- projectile has 9 weight zone marks). of combat situations and separate integrated system in ‘BAKHCHA-U’ of the commander regarding target stages of the battle – during fire combat module for equipping light- search and identification and taking Installation of the new Bakhcha-U fighting compartment boosts fire preparation before attack, assault, ly-armoured combat vehicles BMP- over for the gunner was resolved by power as compared to standard fighting module and preserves weight- repelling the counter-attack, includ- 3, BMD-3, BMD-4, BTR-90, or as sep- introduction of the panoramic com- and-size properties of vehicles and their propulsion performance: speed ing firing from enclosed positions; arate sub-systems. mander’s sight with two-plane inde- of movement on the ground and water, cruising range, buoyancy reserve. ••Enhancement of the armament In ‘BAKHCHA-U’ combat mod- pendent stabilization of the FOV A CV with FC becomes high-efficient multi-mission mean fulfilling tasks system performance parameters. ule the following technical solutions into the FCS. This has enabled the assigned not only to an IFV, but to light tanks, artillery, an ATGW and The set tasks were solved under have been implemented regarding commander to carry out all- around an AA gun. the conditions of severe restrictions, the FCS, guided and artillery weap- search and detection of ground and Thus, the upgraded Bakhcha-U B8Ya01 fighting compartment enables since it was critical not to increase onry: aerial targets on the move at ele- BMD-4 to outperform standard BMP-3 in combat efficiency by 3-4 times. the weight and size specifications of vation angles of up to 60 degrees, The fighting compartment mounted on BTR-90, BMP-2 and BMP-3 suc- the vehicles. Fire control system with maximal angular velocity of the cessfully passed firing trials. It can be mounted onto other carriers with Weaponry composition of BMD-4 ••Due to the introduction of the LOS increased up to 26 degrees per corresponding dimensions and carrying capacity and was taken into ser- airborne assault vehicle. head mirror unit into the sight the second, providing for the increase vice with the Russian Federation Armed Forces as a self-contained weapon ••Armament: 100-mm 2A70 gun- range-finding, IR, visual channel the amount of targets detected by KBP JSC is serially producing B8Ya01 fighting compartment as compo- launcher, 30-mm 2A72 autocan- and guidance channel were united the combat vehicle by 2.5 times, nent of BMD-4 airborne assault vehicle. Special edition for Middle East High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 5 IDEX-2019

BRIEFLY Best ships protection RPG-7V From Kashtan and Kashtan-M – to Pantsir-ME

The only systems in the world that combine within a single turret mount a powerful artil- lery armament, efficient mul- ti-mode missile weapon and an integrated radar-optical weapon control system are the Russian Kashtan, Kashtan-M and Pantsir-ME developed at The year of 2019 marked the 58th anniver- KBP, Tula. With two types of sary of the RPG-7, but the weapon is still weapons within the systems among the best AT systems in close com- that give them significant advan- bat. Its specific feature is that it was the first tage these systems posses bet- among light anti-tank weapons (LAWs) to ter performances of each weap- adopt the rocket-propelled solution for on separately as compared to grenade launching. While the system was counterparts. Target handling developed at Bazalt, the RPG-7 originated capability and killing potential of at the OKB-575 design bureau in Kovrov. Its one channel of these systems mass production was also set up there. Its with missile-gun weapon is 2-4 effectiveness, reliability, and simplicity in fold higher that the same of the operation earned the RPG-7 fame across the systems with only artillery arma- globe and contributed to its proliferation. ment. The difference in efficien- New technologies nudged our design- cy has increased with the advent ers to look into ways of boosting LAW of advanced targets (increase of capabilities. A range of new rounds for the their velocity at decrease of lat- grenade-launching system made it effec- eral dimensions). tive not only against armored equipment, but also exposed infantry of the enemy, he specified systems have narrow beam and diffusion scat- occupy space and volume that are 300 m of the minimum permissi- his personnel in buildings and field shel- passed a big number of tering of waves against water sur- required to allocate on a ship only ble safe kill range of the anti-ship ters. The weapon also poses a threat to trials at shore positions face within millimeter band; one artillery mount. missile. The aforesaid is ensured enemy’sammunition and POL depots. New as well as comprehensive ••co-processing of signals from On small surface ships (dis- owing to detonation of the anti- projectiles for the RPG-7V, with greater Tship tests. the radar and optical channels placement 500-3000 t) any of the ship missile warhead when fired weight and ballistic features changed to a At present, the systems are of target and SAM tracking with given systems within the com- by the APDS round. Reduction of certain extent,required the weapon to be mass produced and used on a automatic selection of an opti- mand module and one – two the anti-ship missile minimum upgraded. For better handling properties, number of ships in Russian Navy mum mode ensures high jam- fighting modules is a sufficient permissible safe kill range down the RPG-7 got a removable bipod. Its sight- as well as supplied abroad. ming immunity of the system as air-defense asset for efficient ship to 300 m allows the artillery sys- ing devises also needed some work on them: High efficiency of killing anti- compared to systems having only protection without assistance of tem with the 10000 rds/min rate the optical sight, dubbed PGO-7VZ, as well ship missiles is ensured owing to radar or only optical guidance sys- other air-defense means. On large of fire engage in the automatic as iron sights received a new range dial. the following peculiarities: tems; surface ships (displacement over mode up to 5-7 anti-ship missiles ••modular design (1 command ••exploitation of correlation- 4000 t) the given systems with up (before ammunition is expend- 3UBK14F1 with 9M119F1 module and up to 6 fighting mod- contrast processing of signals to 6 fighting modules fulfills the ed) that approach from the same ules depending on the ship type) from the optronic system with functions of a short-range AD sys- direction at 3-4 sec. intervals (e.g. allows flexible arrangement of its capability to memorize the target tem capable of killing air threats the Goalkeeper system can fire protection; patter ensures reliable tracking that passed through long-range targets at over 6 sec. intervals); ••combination within a single in different target environments; AD systems. ••reduction of the response time turret mount of missile and artil- ••use of two super high rate AA For instance, the Kashtan owing to the increase of speeds lery weapons and a radar-optical automatic guns with the total fire system surpasses 1.5-2 fold the and accelerations of the missile- weapon control system allows for rate of 10000 rounds per minute Crotale Naval system, and 2.5-3 gun mount laying; increase of firing accuracy due to as compared to the GAU–8/A fold the Goalkeeper system in ••improvement of the system elimination of errors related to gun of the Goalkeeper system terms of target handling capabil- reliability by 2 to 3 times as well deformations of the ship's hull allows reducing of burst dura- ity. as enhancement of the operat- when the weapons and weapon tion required to kill a target by a Air threats to ships are ever- ing specifications of the system Russian modern tanks, including those control system are installed at dif- factor of 3 (down to 1.2 sec) and improving: flight velocity increas- components through reduction of going for export, have thatindisputable ferent places aboard a ship as well reducing of mean range of tar- es, maneuverability and appli- number of the control post instru- advantage over other countries’ tanks of as it provides assured destruction get engagement by a factor of 1.5 cation tactics improve, radar ments and use of modern hard- having aguided weapons system. Thanks to of anti-ship missiles by firing mis- to the 300-500 meters target line observability decreases, where- ware components. it, the effective range of fire of the T-90S, siles at them at different ranges, which increases the kill probabil- fore KBP jointly with co-contrac- The results of the moderniza- T-72B, T-72S, and T-80U tanks equaled and at close range – by artillery ity by 1.5-2 times. tors upgraded the Kashtan (code tion: the aimed fire range of 5,000 m. The guid- armament. Successive fire at a ••implementation of fully auto- name Kashtan-M) and Kashtan-M ••the killing potential of the ed weapons system fire 3UBK20, 3UBK14F, target with two missiles decreas- matic operation mode; (code name Pantsir-ME) systems. Kashtan-M system per time unit 3UBK14F1, and 3UBK20F1 missiles armed es ammunition consumption rate ••use of agile small-size SAMs Basic line of modernization: increased by 4 – 5 times as com- with tandem shaped and fragmentation and ensures its destruction prob- with the fragmentation-rode war- ••use of a command module pared to the Kashtan system; warheads. All of them are produced at the ability at 0.96 – 0.98, and when head. with its own 3D search radar ••the killing potential of the Degtyaryov Plant in Kovrov. In pursuit of a firing in the close zone with artil- All combat operation process- (SR), which allowed for decrease Pantsir-ME system increased by solution the Degtyaryov Plant in a concert- lery armament the kill probability es – target detection, friend-or-foe of final targeting time by 2 times; 2.5 – 3 times as compared to the ed effort with GosNIImash (State Scientific is close to 1; identification, high threat target ••expansion of engagement Kashtan-M system. and Research Institute of Machine-Building, ••designing of high-precision selection, assignment of a target envelope in range and in altitude Use of the target tracking radar Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region) integrated guidance systems with designation for tracking assets, fir- of SAM; with the phased-antenna array developed the 3UBK20F1 projectile carry- radar mm-band channels and ing by missiles and guns, estima- ••capability of salvo firing at high and the SAM with 20 km range ing the 9M119MF1 high power HE missile. optronic channels with automat- tion of firing results and transfer of threat targets by two SAMs allows within the Pantsir-ME system Its substantial increase in damaging ic target tracking; fire to another target, are carried for destruction of high threat tar- fighting module ensure simulta- effects is accounted for by the fact that the ••ultra-precise optronic chan- out without crew participation. gets with 0.96-0.99 probability; neous engagement of 4 targets 9M119M has a modular warhead of an HE nels with automatic target and Combination within a single ••use of a thermal-imaging sys- as well as killing new types of unit at the bottom and additional fragmen- SAM tracking capable of aiming turret mount of missile and artil- tem along with a TV-optical sys- upgraded anti-ship missiles and tation unit in front, both arranged along the a SAM at a target with at 1 meter lery weapons allowed for 2-2.5 tem of target tracking allows for small-size surface targets. axis of the missile. Large-yield explosive precision at any flight altitude; fold reduction of required space increase of system application All that ensure combat readi- compounds in the warhead made the charge ••radar guidance system of the and volumes for its installation. rate; ness of protected ships against all 2-3 times superior to any existing projec- fighting module owing to the For instance, the typical arrange- ••use of the artillery weapon modern air threats including low- tiles of the same caliber. The 3UBK20F1 pos- use of mm waveband and hav- ment of missile and artillery sys- based on the GSh-6-30KD AA altitude high-precision weapons. sesses far greater power than the 3UBK20F. ing acceptable antennas dimen- tems on a ship requires space automatic guns with increased The Pantsir-ME, Kashtan-M While the maximum range has dropped sions allows for aiming a SAM at and underdeck rooms for place- muzzle velocity up to 960 m/s for and Kashtan single-post air from 5,000 m to 3,500 m, it still corresponds a low-flying anti-ship missile with ment of an artillery mount, SAM the HEF round and up to 1100 defense missile-gun systems are to the range of starting a fire combat on a no limitations on flight altitude launchers with vertical launch m/s for the APDS round enhanc- the most advanced systems of flat terrain and is as far as most of foreign at 2-3 meters precision owing to and an outer post with a guid- es firing accuracy and target kill such type and have no counter- AT assets reach today. implementation of two factors – a ance system; the named systems probability owing to reduction to parts worldwide. 6 High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 Special edition for Middle East IDEX-2019 New-generation Russian armoured fighting vehicle The success in military operations in today’s conflicts often depends The accommodation of the on the mobility of military formations, in some cases, this eliminates mounted troops has options: as well the possibility of the battle. High manoeuvrability of small units, espe- as crew members the vehicle can cially when moving across broken country with water barriers, could accommodate also up to 10 mount- be provided by an armoured fighting vehicle that negotiates the obsta- ed troops, in addition, it is possible cles on the fly, without advance preparation. And it was the vehicle to accommodate 5 more people. It that was developed by the designers of the Special Design Bureau of is important that the BT-3F can be Machine Building OJSC (Kurgan) and specialists of the Kurgan Machine used for transportation of a large Building Plant (Kurganmashzavod JSC) having created the develop- volume of goods, ammunition, and mental prototype of BT-3F armoured fighting vehicle on of the BMP-3 stationing of the devices and equip- infantry fighting vehicle chassis. ment. In fact, the new-generation armored personnel carrier is offered n the first instance, Kurgan The 5ETS16U remote-controlled as a base chassis for the creation of designers sought to lay high weapon station mounted on the vehicles of wide application. level of protection into the new BT-3F with the 12.7 mm ‘Kord’ The 450 hp engine allows keeping vehicle. Great attention was machine gun is equipped with the the BT-3F mobility characteristics at Ipaid to qualitative improvement of TV-thermal imaging sight with the the level of the BMP-3 IFV: speed on the characteristics of habitability laser rangefinder. It is indispensable highway up to 70 km/h, swim capa- of the BMP-3 IFV, being in service This circumstance makes it pos- and ergonomics. The basic parame- for combating light armored targets bility at sea state three. for a long time, in the design of the sible to name those states as the ters of mobility and unification with and weapons, the destruction of the Another undoubted advantage armored personnel carrier being in most promising foreign markets of the base vehicle were kept. enemy's manpower. It is essential for of the vehicle is its transportabil- service with the, the new BT-3F can BT-3F vehicles which already have The BT-3F armoured personnel fighting soft targets and fire units ity. The BT-3F can be transported be introduced into the serial pro- the BMP-3 IFVs in service. Of course, carrier inherited high protection for destruction of enemy fighters. by motor, by air, by sea, and by rail. duction at the Kurganmashzavod in the BT-3F amphibious armored per- from the BMP-3 against both con- By the way, the video surveillance The BT-3F can also be transported short time, without actually carry- sonnel carrier manufactured by ventional weapons and effects from system provides the all-round view on the external suspension of the ing out preparatory work. And there ‘Kurganmashzavod’ JSC will occupy a nuclear explosion, which makes of the area, while the image is dis- MI-26 helicopter. will be no problem to train the crew its niche in the global arms market, it possible to use these vehicles played on the driver’s and mounted Due to the use of units and having experience of the BMP-3 and where the Russian offer is tradition- together in combat missions. troopers’ video and vision devices. assemblies of serial production BMP-3F operation. ally strong. Verba: BUR small-size Best of the Best system The Russian man-portable air-defense The rocket-assisted grenade launchers The system allows firing from limited system (MANPADS) ‘Verba’ – is weapons earned a reputation of convenient, effi- space rooms. The system ensures reliable fir- of the new generation, is a unique and cient and popular close range engagement ing within the whole operational temperature second-to-none design. ‘Verba’ has been asset. Further, the introduction of various range: from minus 40°С to plus 60°С and in developed by the ‘Engineering Design types of warheads has considerably broad- adverse conditions. Bureau’ (KBM). The ‘Verba’ MANPADS was ened their application range. While developing the SGLS the designers unveiled at the Army-2015 International managed to create a highly accurate rocket Military-Technical Forum in Kubinka BP Instrument Design Bureau have assisted grenade launcher allowing effective (Moscow region, Russia) last fall. Due been over a long time involved in the engagement of wide range of targets depending to its performance and capabilities, this searches aimed to extend the firing on the mission scenario at ranges up to 650 m. MANPADS is superior to all comparable range and enhance accuracy of gre- To guarantee high accuracy of firing a ‘reactive- foreign counterparts in use. Knade-launching (flamethrower) system rounds, active’ grenade propulsion principle was intro- as well as increase the payload relative to the duced, since standard methods, e.g. increase he man-portable air-defense system ment altitude amounts to 3.5 kilometers. total weight of the weapon. of the booster motor power or employment of is intended to be fired by one person. The weight of the launch installation with a The R&D resulted in rocket-assisted sustainer motor running during the flight, lead ‘Verba’ is a further development of battery and a loaded missile only amounts infantry flame-thrower of increased range to increased size and weight of the weapon or the well-known ‘Igla-S’ system. Even to 17.25 kg. and power with thermobaric warhead (RPO higher dispersion respectively. Tthough the new MANPADS looks similar to Those are second-to-none defense tech- PDMA), adopted for service with Russian The ‘reactive-active’ propulsion principle its predecessors, this is a fundamentally dif- nologies. According to Valeriy Kashin, General Army in late 2003. Further, based on the implies jet thrust acceleration of the grenade ferent weapon with new performance. ‘Verba’ Designer of KBM, the missile is ‘completely design of RPO PDM-A, KBP developed a placed in a barrel fixed to the jet engine and can successfully engage not only traditional digital’ and hermetically sealed. The materi- small-size grenade-launcher system (SGLS) simultaneous active acceleration in the mov- air targets – aircrafts and helicopters – but als used for its production are not sensitive to ’BUR’. ing barrel due to gas bleeding from the engine also targets with low thermal radiation, such aggressive media. In flight, the missile is con- The small-size grenade-launching BUR is chamber. Further, the barrel and engine stop, as cruise missiles and drones. trolled off-line. The self-guidance system has intended for: inducing additional acceleration to the grenade. Its differences from the predecessor are been designed in such a way that the missile ••engagement of manpower in urban envi- Thus, the energy induced to the grenade is substantial. For the first time, the multispec- can deceive the missile protection system of ronment, inside buildings, fortifications, as increased (doubled) and accordingly grows the tral optical heating-seeking head (the three- the targets. The shooter only has to pull the well as exposed on various terrain (including muzzle velocity compared to that of the con- spectrum seeker) is used. trigger. The missile will do the rest. The iden- mountainous areas); ventional design grenade launchers with simi- Three sensors constantly recheck each tification friend-or-foe system significantly ••inactivation of soft-skinned and lightly lar container length. However, high grouping other, which enables faster discrimination reduces the risk of shooting down the friend- armoured vehicles. of shots is maintained. between appropriate targets and decoys, ly aircrafts. and decreases the chance of disruption from The ‘Verba’ MANPADS can be fired not only countermeasures. The seeker automatical- while held on one’s shoulder. It is intended to ly ‘selects’ decoys and concentrates on the mount ‘Verba’ on ships and helicopters. From proper object, even though its thermal radi- the very beginning, the ‘Verba’ MANPADS was ation is lower. However, this in an object to developed with consideration for an opportu- engage. The sensitivity of the seeking head is nity to use it on ‘another armored vehicles’. increased eightfold. The track initiation and What vehicles? It only remains to be seen. air engagement area increased respectively, In its tactical and technical characteris- namely by 2.5 times compared to the ‘Igla-S’ tics, the ‘Verba’ MANPADS is superior not MANPADS of the previous generation. The only to the Russian systems such as ‘Igla-1’, system is equipped with the ‘Maugli-2’ night ‘Igla’, ‘Igla-S’ currently accepted into service sight. The new engine of the missile enables but also to its foreign counterparts such as the the shooter to hit a target at a distance of 6 American ‘Stinger-Block-I’ and the Chinese kilometers. The minimum engagement alti- ‘QW-2’. ‘Verba’ is superior to the American tude is 10 meters; the maximum engage- MANPADS in all indices. Special edition for Middle East High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 7 IDEX-2019

BRIEFLY Kornet-Е/ЕМ KORD machinegun New capabilities of antitank guided weapons

Development and manufacture of antitank guided weapons have On the move ALU has its travel- armour and the targets protect- been carried out for half a century all over the world. Within ling configuration with SGM locat- ed by ERA. Two missiles shall be this period these guided missile systems have turned out to be ed horizontally inside the vehicle launched from the same launch- in the demand and most popular type of high precision weap- and thus being invisible from out- ing unit with a short time interval ons due to combination of such advances as simple operation, side. To fire, SGM shall be raised (less than 2 s), one missile shall reliability, pin-point guidance and affordability. High popularity outside with the help of the lifting initiate ERA and the second mis- Design of 6P57 machinegun KORD allows of antitank guided weapons is easily explained by its capabil- mechanism, put vertically and fixed sile shall hit the target. to conduct aiming firing from unprepared ity to cause damage to the enemy that shall be crucially higher to provide a firing position. By now Kornet-EM ATGM has position. Compactness of the machine-gun than friendly force expenditures. In fact one-two antitank guided In the combat process the been proved in all required tests and possibility to transfer it from ‘travelling’ missiles shall be enough to kill the enemy tank, missiles pric- Operator shall detect a target on and is being serially manufactured position to the combat one allow to use it es being by ten or even hundred times lower than that of MBT. the monitor display, aim SGM at and installed on the Tiger-M vehi- during landing of units of landing forces, this target so as to put a target cle against the contract with the stream crosing and to fulfil easily combat image inside a target autotracker overseas Customer. Yet the ALU missions in the mountainous country. gate, produce a target acquisition modular design allows to integrate The 12.7 mm KORD machinegun, is command to the target autotrack- the Kornet-E system with practi- indeed a sniper weapon, relatively mobile er, select a missile type to be fired, cally any vehicle, of foreign manu- too. The KORD is unique. It is the world’s and launch a missile when the facture as well, provided the carri- first general-purpose heavy machinegun. autotracker is ready. When these er load capacity and inside volume It will fire equally well from prepared and steps are done the Operator’s job are enough to do it. In case a carri- unprepared sites, buildings, vehicles – both is finished: SGM shall be track- er load capacity is 1.0-2.0 tons sin- stationary and moving – whenever the gun- ing a target and guide a missile to gle ALU shall be installed, if a load ner can assume a comfortable firing position. the target automatically by target capacity is 1.7-1.9 tons it shall be The relatively small weight and fast deploy- autotracker commands. But if the possible to install two ALU. ment capability allow the crew to change Operator detects a more vital tar- The comparative analysis of the positions and support advancing infantry get he can stop automatic guid- mobile Kornet-EM version and its staying with the combat order. If attached to ance and send the missile to a new foreign equivalents shows that in the 6T19 mount with a bipod and the com- nitially antitank guided mis- and forget’ or ‘fire, see and adjust’ target. Thus the Kornet-EM sys- traditional missions Kornet-EM bat situation dictates that, the weapon can be sile systems were developed principles without using a seeker tem offers ‘fire and forget’ and outperforms the weapon systems, handled by a single crewmember. to fight tanks. However mod- onboard the missile due to alter- ‘fire, see and adjust’ principles which use ATGM with a seeker to The quick-change barrel is based on a ern battlefield scenario has native solution to have a target realization. provide homing, by 3-5 times esti- technology developed at the plant. It ensures Igreatly changed – large-scale autotracker added to the ground- New missiles have been devel- mated on the basis of cumulative even heating of the barrel and only minor hostilities between tank arma- based equipment installed on oped to be used with this weapon factors, and yet the Kornet-EM is heat distortion. Thanks to the steel grade, das have given way to scattered board the vehicle. This approach system: the 9М133М-2 antitank easier to use and to provide servic- new production and bore chrome plating fights in local conflicts. And on allowed to transfer seeker func- guided missile with a flight range es to, has 2-3 times less price for its technologies the life approached 10,000 this new battlefield ATGW have tions from an ‘expendable’ part of up to 8 km and the 9М133FМ-3 guided missiles being an expenda- rounds. The barrel is fitted with a high- appeared to be attractively effec- the weapon system into its ‘con- guided missile with a flight range ble part of the weapon system and ly effective muzzle break. The weapon has tive not only against MBT but also stant’ multiple-use part. up to 10 km. Moreover this weapon thus a crucial factor which deter- inherited the gas-operated action with a against other small-size targets Machine vision plus the target system has a ‘long arm’ advantage, mines weapon system service costs long-travel rod, while locking is performed by including lightly armoured and autotracker increases target track- i.e. capability to effectively fight the when it is in the army. rotating of a lengthwise sliding bolt, featur- soft vehicles, cars, fortifications, ing accuracy by 5 times compared enemy remaining safe beyond the Moreover Kornet-EM is avail- ing two rows of lugs. The new barrel, upgrad- manpower, enemy infrastructure, to the previous ATGW generation enemy return fire. able as a tripod version with the ed locking assembly, as well as reduced fire points and snipers. and thus provides for high fire In general the 9М133М-2 anti- 9P163М-2 launching unit. In this impact of action operations on the barrel led The Kornet-E weapon system accuracy at ranges up to 10 km. tank guided missile (ATGM) has configuration Kornet-EM enjoys all to 1.5-2 times as good density of hits as that developed by JSC ‘KBP named the advantages of the Kornet-E sys- of the NSV using the same mounts. after Academician A. Shipunov’ in tem with the latter high capabilities the early XXI century remains to be that have been proved in the recent 7.62 mm Pecheneg one of the mostly demanded anti- local conflicts. tank missile systems in the world The design of the Kornet-EM military market. launching unit is practically iden- Due to availability of a shaped- tical to the one used with Kornet-E charge warhead primarily designed ATGW. Main upgrade efforts were to engage heavy armour contribut- undertaken towards modernization ed by a thermobaric high explosive of the sighting and guidance unit warhead of blast effect Kornet-E (SGU) and the latter was developed ATGW has become an effective to have a new sighting channel with The major modernization of the PKMs defence and attack weapon capa- adjustable magnification (12х and pawned a new 7.62 mm machinegun desig- ble to destroy a wide range of tar- 20х) and thus to provide more con- nated as Pecheneg. The emphasis was made gets on the modern battlefield. Availability of an automatic tar- borrowed the design solutions venient operation for the User at on achieving greater density of hits, longer Open media read that the get engagement mode shall reduce from its predecessor used with long target ranges. To ensure high service life of the barrel, and improving per- Kornet-E system, including self- the Operator’s psychophysical the Kornet-E system. But it out- guidance accuracy at 10 km range, formance. Required were measures to get rid propelled home-made versions, is problems, simplify requirements performs the latter in range being the laser guidance channel has or compensate partially accuracy degrad- being used intensively and effec- to his skills and thus shall cut the extended from 5500 m to 8000 m been also modernized. ing factors. These include barrel vibration, tively in the current local warfare in time required for training. due to aeroballistics optimization, Moreover, a new thermal sight – heat induced ballistic performance degra- the Middle East against all and any The crucial part of the new and also has a modernized shaped- 1PN79M-3 – was designed to be of dation, and mirage caused by barrel heat military armaments, equipments weapon system is its automated charge warhead which provides the third generation and configured in front of the sight (optical sights are par- and manpower. he contract values launching unit (ALU) designed on 10% increase in armour penetra- for a closed-loop operation without ticularly affected). The new weapon proved with the same Customer for equal the principle of modular approach tion up to 1100-1300 mm. With cooling bottles as those used with to be a powerful fire support asset in infan- quantities of Kornet-E and Spike which have been always traditional this enhanced missile the Kornet- the earlier Kornet-E thermal sight. try units combining the power of a medium ATGW to equip the same units are for the Kornet family. EM weapon system has obtained High design similarity between machinegun and flexibility of a light machi- $25 mln and $48 mln, respectively. The main part of ALU is its sight- capability to engage all modern the Kornet-EM and Kornet-E negun. The 7.62 mm machinegun that was With a financial factor in mind ing and guidance module (SGM) MBT enjoining possibility of high launching units provides for mini- adopted by the Armed Forces was designat- and to solve the above tasks, JSC with televiewer and thermal imager potential growth to counter future mized Customer’s costs of old sys- ed as Pecheneg (6P41) Kalashnikov Infantry ‘KBP named after Academician A. channels (TV/IIR sight), four mis- tanks with increased armour pro- tem replacement by the upgraded Machinegun. Its derivative compatible with Shipunov’ has created the Kornet- sile launching guides and inde- tection. one – practically there is no need a night sight received another index – 6P41N. EM multi-purpose missile system pendent elevation and azimuth New capabilities of the Kornet- to provide fresh training for users The special design of the barrel assem- which realizes stat-of-the-art capa- drives. SGM is fixed on a special EM weapon system are well com- and technicians. bly and jackets that were introduced to it bilities using breakthrough engi- frame which together with a slid- bined with the attractive features Pioneering technical solutions made the barrel more rigid, improved its neering solutions which allowed to ing roof is installed in the opening borrowed from its predecessor – together with high guidance accu- cooling properties, protected the assembly obtain advanced ATGW with quite a on the carrier roof. The frame has a Kornet-E ATGW based on the racy, formidable warheads, opera- from weather impact, reduced vibration, and number of new attractive features. lifting mechanism provided to put Kvartet Launching Unit – among tion reliability and simplicity shall protected the line of sight from heat mirage. Advancement of science and SGM up for firing and to return it them possibility of a salvo fire, ensure high market demand world- A slit between the jacket and surface of the technology at the beginning of the back for travelling. This frame also i.e. engagement of a single target wide as for the self-propelled ver- barrel, ribbing, and ejector at the muzzle XXI century gave birth to innova- houses various electronic compo- by two missiles riding in one and sion so as for the tripod variant provide forced air-cooling evenly over the tive technologies and new materi- nents which control SGM and ALU the same laser beam. This firing of Kornet-EM ATGW for the next barrel part. als and thus allowed to realize ‘fire operation in general. mode is very helpful to fight hard 10-15 years. 8 High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 Special edition for Middle East

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